Nico meets Dani on the top stair. "Dani, what are you doing here." Dani looks at him for a moment
since there is an edge to Nico's voice. "I was looking for Maggie. I take that you haven't seen the news,
newspapers or the fact that she is a trending topic on… bleeping twitter?" Nico looks at her with a
confused and horrified expression. "You are kidding me." Nico immediately turns around and walks
into the house. He crosses into the living room and immediately heads for the remote. Dani follows and
is surprised to see most of Maggie's brothers and the Admiral in the room. The Admiral briefly
acknowledges Dani with a nod before he turns his attention to Nico. What Dani said was true. Maggie's
name… and face are plastered over every news source… Teddy checks his phone… Maggie is officially a
hashtag. They find out that Teddy is mentioned here and there but nothing like Maggie. They all
simultaneously realize that Maggie is out God knows where and she… doesn't know.
Connie and Nico both come to that horrifying conclusion. "Nico… where was she going?" Nico thinks
for a moment trying to remember what she had said as she walked passed him. True to Maggie, she
didn't say a word as to who she was going to see. "She didn't say where she was going." Nico thinks for
a moment… Maggie knows people are watching her… the Feds are watching her she would not go to see
Marshall… she would not want to risk exposing him. Who would she go to find… he runs through the
contacts he knows but realizes that Maggie has been at this a lot longer than him or Marshall. Maggie is
a bit of a mystery when it comes to what she does for the Agency. They all turn towards Teddy. If
anyone would know… it would be him.
Maggie walks up to get a coffee from a street vendor. She notices something in the man's expression
that tingles her spidey senses. She glances down for a moment and realizes why he is staring at her.
the newspapers have her face… on the front page. She looks at the headlines with an internal horror.
"Orphan, Deb, Soldier, Spy" graces the New York Post. "00Debutante" graces the Boston Globe, "High
Society CIA" on the New York Times and they only go downhill from there. She feels sick. She knows
she has to get out of there…right now. She pulls out her sunglasses and grabs a hat as she disappears
into the crowd.
Marshall sits at his desk flipping through story after story about Maggie. When you look at it like this…
she has led a hell of a life. The stories talk about the orphaned twins raised by the O'Briens. Harvard,
MIT… Maggie to the Marines… Teddy to the family business… the pilot that she was… the assignments…
the conjecture… the agency… how the hell did they get so much on her… Marshall finds it hard to
believe that Gabrielle knew how to get all of this… or that Nico would give this up. The one thing that
Marshall does know from living this life is that now everyone she came into contact with knows who she
really is… they might have just signed her death warrant… again and he has no way to help her… it is
killing him inside.
The Admiral and Connie exchange a long look that Nico picks up on. "What don't I know?" The Admiral
touches his shoulder. "The girls didn't know what Maggie did… Her mother thought she worked for the
Smithsonian." It never occurred to Nico that some of them would not know. She wouldn't be able to
hide it from her brothers and wouldn't from her father… but the women… that was a whole different
story… now it is one that they are getting an in depth education on via the media.
Nico walks into her study. He examines everything. Dani silently helps him. She knows he is looking for
a clue… any clue as to where she would go. The first thing he notices is that Maggie's cellphone is on
the desk. She is not taking the chance of anyone tracking her via GPS. The only solace that any of them
have at the moment is that she is a Marine and an Agent… her survival skills are honed. The unspoken
terror is that she is so very sick and no one is sure how much time she actually has left.
Two days pass without any of them hearing from Maggie. Nico checks in with Marshall. Marshall is a
wreck but he gives Nico a slip of paper that he got from Teddy. It has an address on it, an address in
Maine. "Nico… please make sure she is okay. Please find my girl." Nico wonders how the hell Marshall
would know where she is. "How?" How would you know where she is?" Marshall looks down for a
moment before picking up a bracelet off of the table. "She actually told Juliette." He hands Nico the
bracelet. He remembers it. Maggie made it for Juliette. She bought her a charm everywhere she went
and would tell Juliette a story about the place. There it was. The one charm. Home. The coast of
Maine always reminded Maggie of Ireland. She went home. The damn little lobster charm was the
giveaway.